<html><head><title>Annotators</title></head><body><h3><font face="Verdana">The Annotators</font></h3><font face="Verdana" size="2">Annotators
are document processors that serve for automatically adding Annotations to a document that mark, for instance,
the matches of gazetteer lookups or regular expressions.</font>
<font face="Verdana" size="2">Since these sources of Annotations may need
additional parameters beside the gazetteer list or regular expression itself,
GoldenGATE prompts the user in order to give him the opportunity of submitting
these data. In automated processing sequences, however, these prompts are not
desirable. The Annotators fill this gap: They associate some source of
Annotations (e.g. a particular gazetteer list or regular expression) with
parameters necessary for the application of the source, and with the type / XML
element name the Annotations are intended to have.</font>
<h4><font face="Verdana">The Annotators Menu</font></h4>
<font size="2" face="Verdana">The Annotators menu provides access to functions
for managing and applying Annotators:</font>
<ul>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Create:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;Create
    a new Annnotator by selecting a source of Annotations and adding the
    required parameters and the type for the Annotations.</font></li>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Edit:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;Open
    the Annotator management dialog.</font></li>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Apply:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;Select
    an Annotator from a list and apply it to the document currently selected.
    This function is also available through the&nbsp;<b>Apply Annotator </b>option
    in the Tools menu.</font></li>
</ul>
<h4><font face="Verdana">The Edit Annotators Dialog</font></h4>
<font size="2" face="Verdana">The dialog for Annotator management is accessible
through the Edit function in the Annotator menu. On the right of the dialog, a
list displays all existing Annotator . In the lower middle, a set of input
fields displays the parameters of the Annotator currently selected in that list,
plus some buttons for changing them:</font>
<ul>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Annotation Source Parameters:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;The
    topmost part of the parameter input provides the parameters specific to the
    selected source of Annotations. See there for further explanations.</font></li>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Annotation Source:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;The
    label above the buttons displays the type and name of the Annotation source.</font></li>
  <li><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>&quot;Use ...&quot; Buttons:</b>&nbsp;For
    every type of Annotation source accessible to GoldenGATE, a button exists
    which opens a dialog for selecting the source of Annotations from a list
    displaying all avalilable sources of the particular type.</font></li>
  <li><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Annotation Type:</b>&nbsp;</font><font face="Verdana" size="2">The
    type / XML element name the Annotations are intended to have when added to a
    document</font><font face="Verdana" size="2">.</font></li>
</ul>
<font face="Verdana" size="2">At the top of the dialog, a line of buttons
provides the functionality for managing the Annotators:</font>
<ul>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Create:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;Open
    a sub-dialog for creating a new Annotator by selecting a source of
    Annotations and adding the required parameters and the type for the
    Annotations.</font></li>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Clone:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;Clone
    the Annotator currently selected. This is pretty much the same as creating a
    new one, beside the fact that the parameter values are copied.</font></li>
  <li><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Delete:</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;Delete
    the Annotator currently selected. This operation does not delete the source
    of Annotations, but only the parameters associated with it by the Annotator.</font></li>
</ul>
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